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Note also that if a host cancels on you at the last moment, you can't give a negative review at all. That would never happen with a hotel.
by MrQuincle 7y ago
Note also that if a host cancels on you at the last moment, you can't give a negative review at all.
That would never happen with a hotel.
- dotancohen 7y agoThis does happen with hotels, in fact a few posts up someone does mention this happening to them. That said, in December my ex wife had an Airbnb cancel just before her trip. She had to find another place in a hurry at twice the price.
- greglindahl 7y agoYou can usually leave a negative review for a hotel even if you didn't stay at it. AirBnB doesn't allow it. Also, every time a hotel has not had a room when I showed up, they put me in a nearby hotel of similar or better quality. I'm sure that doesn't always happen, but it is the standard for quality hotel chains.
- vinay427 7y agoI have seen the automated messages along the lines of "host canceled booking 24h before check-in" on many or even most Airbnb listings. Is this not still a thing? You can't leave a written review, but maybe that's appropriate if you haven't actually stayed at the place.
- MrQuincle 7y agoYes, that's indeed nowadays happening. In practice if they cancel two days before you arrive and you have fly to another continent to stay somewhere, it still sucks. Add to that for example a fair like CES and no normally priced hotel alternatives, and it's a big issue.